Verb

(admitt)

To allow to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take.

A ticket admits one into a playhouse.

They were admitted into his house.

to admit a serious thought into the mind

to admit evidence in the trial of a cause

To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.

to admit an attorney to practice law

the prisoner was admitted to bail

To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny; to own or confess.

the argument or fact is admitted

he admitted his guilt

she admitted taking drugs'' / ''she admitted to taking drugs

* 2011 , Kitty Kelley, Nancy Reagan: The Unauthorized Biography (ISBN 1451674767):

His sister, Patti, also admitted taking drugs,

To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.

the words do not admit such a construction.

* Holder

Four bells admit twenty-four changes in ringing.

To give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission (+ of).

circumstance do not admit of this

the text does not admit of this interpretation

To allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment.

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Verb

(committ)

To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.

* Bible, Psalms xxxvii. 5

Commit thy way unto the Lord.

* Shakespeare

Bid him farewell, commit him to the grave.

To put in charge of a jailor; to imprison.

* Clarendon

These two were committed .

To do; to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.

* Bible, Exodus xx. 4

Thou shalt not commit adultery.

To join a contest; to match; followed by with .

To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step; for example to commit oneself to a certain action'', ''to commit oneself to doing something''. (Traditionally used only reflexively but now also without ''oneself etc.)http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/american_speech/v074/74.3shapiro.html

* Junius

You might have satisfied every duty of political friendship, without committing the honour of your sovereign.

* Marshall

Any sudden assent to the proposalmight possibly be considered as committing the faith of the United States.

(obsolete, Latinism) To confound.

* Milton

committing short and long [quantities]

(obsolete) To commit an offence; especially, to fornicate.

*, II.12:

the sonne might one day bee found committing with his mother.

* Shakespeare

Commit not with man's sworn spouse.